89,342 Osceola County voters cast ballots early or by mail before Election Day, 37.5% of those registered, behind Florida's 39.5%. Polls open 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Early voting is over in Osceola County, and 89,342 voters have already cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 general election. That is 37.5% of the county’s registered voters. The county still trails Florida as a whole and most of its neighbors.
Updated Nov. 2: final early voting figures, including Sunday, Nov. 1, the last day, replace the figures through Oct. 31 published on Nov. 1.
The total counts early, in-person votes and mail ballots returned. Statewide, 39.5% of registered voters had voted. A week earlier, on Oct. 23, the county figure was 35,501, or 14.9%.
The figures come from the Florida Division of Elections’ vote-by-mail and early voting statistics, compiled at 8:09 a.m. Nov. 2 from each county’s daily report. The statewide total was compiled at 11:03 a.m. The registration total is the state’s book closing count as of Oct. 5.
How Osceola voters have voted
- Early, in person: 59,833 votes over the 14 days from Monday, Oct. 19, to Sunday, Nov. 1
- By mail: 29,509 ballots returned
- Mail ballots still out: 9,147 sent to voters and not yet returned
Sunday alone added 6,120 early votes in the county. The 9,147 ballots still out are about 3.8% of registered voters. Each one has to reach the elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day to count, according to the supervisor of elections’ vote-by-mail page.
How Osceola compares
| County | Already voted | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brevard | 177,762 | 447,257 | 39.7% |
| Orange | 324,381 | 820,504 | 39.5% |
| Seminole | 130,433 | 343,307 | 38.0% |
| Osceola | 89,342 | 238,063 | 37.5% |
| Lake | 103,874 | 283,780 | 36.6% |
| Polk | 139,831 | 459,892 | 30.4% |
| Florida | 5,408,792 | 13,704,495 | 39.5% |
The Brevard, Lake and Polk figures in the Nov. 2 report are the same as on Oct. 31, so they show no voting on Sunday in those counties.
By party
Registered Democrats voted early or by mail at a higher rate than other Osceola voters, the state figures show. The county has more registered Democrats than Republicans, and almost as many voters with no party affiliation as Republicans.
| Party | Already voted | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 39,310 | 84,326 | 46.6% |
| Republican | 25,922 | 71,728 | 36.1% |
| No party affiliation | 21,863 | 71,538 | 30.6% |
| Minor parties | 2,247 | 10,471 | 21.5% |
Turnout by party does not show how anyone voted. Ballots are not counted until Election Day.
What it means for you
Early voting has ended. If you have not voted, you vote Tuesday, Nov. 3, only at your assigned polling place, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bring photo and signature ID. Your polling place is on your voter information card and in our Osceola County voting guide.
If you still have a mail ballot at home:
- sign the return envelope and use the secrecy sleeve
- take it to the elections office at 2509 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, or mail it back (postage is prepaid) only if it will arrive in time
- it must arrive by 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3; a postmark is not enough
- track it with the county’s mail ballot tracker
The Osceola County Supervisor of Elections office answers questions at 407-742-6000.
Kissimmee Now does not endorse candidates or ballot measures. We will report results from the supervisor of elections’ own results page on election night, marked unofficial until they are certified.
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